Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win Nobel Prize in chemistry for molecular work
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Updated 6:15 AM EDT, October 8, 2025
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their work in the development of metal–organic frameworks that dates back to 1989.
The Nobel committee said that the three laureates “have developed a new form of molecular architecture.” “They have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow,” the committee said.
Hans Ellegren, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the chemistry prize in Stockholm. It was the third prize announced this week.
“These constructions, metal-organic frameworks, can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions,” the Nobel Committee said in a statement.
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5:47 AM · Oct 8, 2025
(as a sidenote, I had done my senior year chem research in organo-metallic chemistry and mechanisms for making polymers so it's good to see an expanded use of that)
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Updated 6:01 AM EDT, October 8, 2025
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi share the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work in the development of metal-organic frameworks that dates back to 1989.
Hans Ellegren, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the chemistry prize in Stockholm on Wednesday. It was the third prize announced this week.
The Nobel committee said that the three laureates "have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow." "These constructions, metal-organic frameworks, can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," the Nobel Committee said in a statement.
Robson, 88, is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, Kitagawa, 74, with Japan's Kyoto University and Yaghi, 60, with the University of California, Berkeley.